Dominick Cruz is back. Not only did the former Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight champion reclaim his belt with a split decision victory over T.J. Dillashaw on Sunday night in Boston, but Cruz is back in the pound-for-pound rankings as well.
High-profile sports betting and golf course magnate Bill Walters and his wife, Susan. have listed their 8,299-square-foot mansion at $4.9 million.
Tim Duryea was preparing for basketball season, about to begin his head coaching career at Utah State when his phone rang. It was then-UNLV coach Dave Rice letting Duryea know he was about to lose one of his best players in forward David Collette.
Look for the 88th Academy Awards to spread the love — assuming Johnny Avello is correct. Avello, director of race and sports operations at Wynn Las Vegas, has “The Revenant” winning best director (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu) and actor (Leonardo DiCaprio), with the other four top awards spread out among “Spotlight,” “Room,” “Creed” and “Carol.”
Residents in a Mobile, Ala., neighborhood said they are upset after flyers were dropped on their lawns asking the community to join the Ku Klux Klan for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, WPMI reported.
The Jewish Community Center of Southern Nevada initiated “Jewish University” to spark interest and discussion in a range of topics touching on Judaism. The new endeavor gets its name from a desire to offer in-depth lectures, long and short courses, and other events that challenge thinking and understanding.
Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina is hoping to woo Nevada’s caucus voters as a hard-charging outsider who will clean up Washington’s ways.
Five members of the NBA champion Golden State Warriors have been named among the list of 30 finalists announced Monday for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team.
January marks the start of the last class Le Cordon Bleu in Summerlin will ever see: The school, which operates under Career Education Corp., will cease offering classes nationwide after this month.
SpaceX’s latest attempt to land a rocket upright on a platform in the Pacific Ocean failed in a spectacular fashion on Sunday.
When it comes to identifying UNLV’s next head basketball coach, those investigating potential candidates should consider a theme based on a series of children’s books.
Who said gentrification was going to be easy? Downtown Project’s Todd Kessler has applied for a special-use permit for an “Old Vegas” themed restaurant-tavern called Atomic Kitchen right next to its well-known sister dive bar, Atomic Liquors, on East Fremont Street.
Lady Gaga is off to a very good start to 2016, scoring both a Golden Globes win and an Oscar nom, but Linda Perry spoke out on Monday to say that she doesn’t think the pop star is so deserving of the latter.
British golfer Jamie Donaldson, who won the point that secured the 2014 Ryder Cup for Europe, faces a couple of weeks out of the sport after cutting his hand in an accident involving a chainsaw.
To boldly grow where no man has grown before. That has been the mission of astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for nearly two years, where they have tried to cultivate edible plants in microgravity.
A man accused of hunting police officers was in custody on Monday after an officer in the central Ohio village of Danville was found dead, his gun and cruiser missing, Knox County Sheriff David Shaffer said.
It was less than an hour after Dominick Cruz had completed an improbable comeback by once again strapping the Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight belt around his waist when he got the inevitable question as soon as he entered the post-fight news conference.
A Swedish doctor has been charged with drugging, raping and kidnapping a woman he allegedly imprisoned for six days in a windowless cement bunker, Stockholm’s chief prosecutor says.
For nearly all of his 81 years, Rudi Kraft has been a man on the move. He’s roamed Europe, Canada, Mexico and the American West. But most of those dusty, hard-won miles have been driven right here in Nevada.
Clothing store Anthropologie is selling a trash can on its website — a distressed, rusty trash can — for nearly $100.
Former UNLV coach Lon Kruger could have the University of Oklahoma’s basketball program on top of the college polls today for the first time since 1989.
Bishop Gorman senior Zach Collins has been selected to play in the McDonald’s All American game.
Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s strawweight contender Claudia Gadelha will get her rematch against champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk, but not before the two serve as opposing coaches on Season 23 of “The Ultimate Fighter.”
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic said Monday that he was offered nearly $200,000 to lose a first-round match in 2007.
Traffic is flowing smoothly after a crash on southbound U.S. Highway 95 north of the Tropicana Avenue exit caused delays Monday morning.
Despite receiving an honorary Oscar at last year’s Governor’s Awards, Spike Lee posted on Instagram on Martin Luther King’s birthday Monday, saying he and his wife would not be attending the Oscar ceremony.
Though she has ruled out a return to the cage at UFC 200 in July, former women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey does plan to compete in the Ultimate Fighting Championship at some point this year.
The U.S. Marine Corps released the identities of 12 Marines missing at sea after two helicopters collided near the island of Oahu in Hawaii on Thursday night.
North Las Vegas launched a new bailiff program in 2015, promising the change would save money. At the time, the city said it planned to spend $500,000 to hire new personnel, but the move would result in a $1.6 million savings.
A question is asked before a heated debate begins. It’s not a presidential candidates debate. It’s students in a classroom.
